Izia Livshin was born on August 18 1922 in Bessarabia, likely in Chadir-Lunga ( part of Romania at the time, today in
Gagauzia,
Moldova
) to the Jewish family of Riva
( née Finkelstein ) and Itzik
Livshin. Chadir-Lunga was a provincial Gagauz town with the sizable Jewish community.
In 1952, while on vacation in Chernivtsi ( a city
in the western Ukraine ), he was introduced to Sara
Treistman. In the summer of 1953 the couple married in the town of Besarabka and settled in the near by town of Chadir-Lunga.
On August 21, 1954 David, their first son, was
born.
In 1960 the family moved to Izmail where on May 19, 1960 Asher, their second
son, was born.
On 21th of November 1964 Izia Livshin passed away. He was only 42.